Hicks Family Obituaries Page 1
News Leader Richwood, W.Va. April 22, 1964 - County's Oldest Citizen Dies at 105 - Services were held Monday for Mrs. Mildred Hicks, Nicholas County's Oldest Citizen. Mrs. Hicks died in Hill Top Nursing Home, Friday, after a long illness. Mrs. Hicks, who was one of the oldest members of the Past 80 Club, attended the Past 80 Parties up until last year year when she was unable to make it due to her health. She was a member of the Simpson Methodist Church at Gad. Suriving are three sons, John of Beaver, Jim of California and Cody of Jody; five daughters, Mrs. Liz Sparks of Summersville, Mrs. Mary Dahmer of Maxwelton, Mrs. Fanny Calhoun and Mrs. Burlie Given , both of Akron Ohio, and Mrs. Margaret Garten of Huntington. Services were conducted at 11 a.m. at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home at Beckley by the Rev. Virgil Cook. Burial followed in the family cemetery at Keslers Cross Lanes.
Funeral Home Memorial Card - In Memory Of Mrs. Mildred Hicks - Born June 21, 1858 Died April 17, 1964 - Funeral Services 11:00 A.M., Sunday, April 19, 1964 Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel - Officiating Rev. Virgil Cook - Burial Family Cemetery Kessler's Cross Lanes - Arragemnets By Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home 1901 SO. Kanawha St. Beckley, West Virginia
The Gallipolis Tribune, Gallipolis, Ohio - Friday, July 11, 1902 - SAD DROWNING - Geo. Hicks a Young West Viginian Loses His Life Near Addison - Mr. Geo. Hicks, a stone mason, working for the railroad, went with two companions - Leon Hartman and George Van Bibber, in bathing off a raft at the mouth of Kyger Creek two and a half to three miles above Addison Saturday evening and by some means the raft was overturned and carried out of their reach by the current. Hartman and Van Bibber managed to maintain a hold on the raft and get out in some way, but Hicks must have either stuck in the mud on the bottom ot taken a hold of something, which kept him from rising to the surface and was drowned. His body was recovered Sunday morning about 9 o'clock. Coroner Shaw was notified and held an inquest Sunday noon, rendering a verdict of accidental drowning. The remains were prepared for shipment by Undertaker Stewart of Middleport, and shipped to the home of his parents at Gad, Nicholas county, W.Va. on the K. & M. All the men were unable to swim, and the escape of the others was miraculas, Hicks was a fine young man.
White Funeral Home Memorial Card, (Summersville, Nicholas County W.Va.) - Leona Caroline Fitzwater - Miss Leona Caroline Fitzwater 84, of Gad, W.Va died Sunday, June 19, 1960, in a Montgomery, W.Va. hospital, following a long illness. A lifelong resident of Nicholas County, she was a member of the Fowler's Knob Baptist Church at Mount Nebo. Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Mildred Hicks of Hilltop; five half sisters, Mrs. Maggie Garten of Huntington, Mrs. Mary Dahmer of Lewisburg, Mrs. Elizabeth Sparks of Gad, Mrs. Fannie Calhoun and Mrs. Burlie Given both of Akron, Ohio; three half brothers, Coty Hicks of Gad, John Hicks of Beckley, and Jim Hicks of California. funeral Services Tuesday, June 21, 1960 at 2 p.m. from the Gilgal Methodist Church at Mount Nebo with the Rev. Riker Bennett officiating. Burial will follow in the Huffman Cemetery at Mt. Nebo under the direction of the White Funeral Home of Summersville.
White Funeral Home Memorial Card (Summersville,Nicholas County, W.Va.)
Cody Hicks - Cody Hicks, 78, of Jodie, Fayette County, died Sunday, December 22, 1974, at home of an apparent heart attack. Born April 15, 1896 at Gad, W.Va., he was a son of the late Joseph and Mildred Fitzwater Hicks. He was a retired coal miner and farmer, a veteran of World War 1, and a member of the Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Edith Walker Hicks; three sons, Reginald and Lewis, both of Jodie, and Adrian of Warren, Ohio; four daughters, Mabel Hicks of Jodie, Mrs. Nina Dooley of Tracy California, Mrs. Lois Dooley of Mount Nebo, and Mrs. Edith Tackett of Warren, Ohio; three sisters, Mrs Burlie Given of Ohio, Mrs. Mary Dahmer of Maxwellton and Mrs. margaret Bumgardner of Virginia; fourteen grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. Funeral Srvices will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 24, 1974, in the Howard White funeral Chapel in Summersville with Rev. Wesley Pennington officiating. Burial will follow in the Dotson-Simpson Memorial Cemetery at Keslers Cross Lanes. (Note Charleston Gazette Newspaper Obituary reads the same.)
West Virginia Newspaper Obituary - Mary D. Dahmer - Mrs. Mary D. Dahmer, 93 of Maxwelton, passed away Monday, July 2, at home. Born february 16, 1886 at gad, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Mildred Fitzwater Hicks. Mrs. Dahmer was a member of the Clifton Presbyterian Church at Maxwelton and a resident of Greenbrier County for 74 years. Survivors: one daughterMiss Ruth Dahmer at home; three sons, Sterling, at home Stanley of Roanoke Va.; and Eugene of Charleston; one sister, Margaret Garten of New Port News Va., six granddaughters and one grandson. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews, many of whom are in the Summersville area. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Clifton Presbyterian Church in Maxwelton with Dr. Thomas Apperson officiating. Interment was in the Clifton Cemetery, under the directon of the Jack K. Wallace Funeral Home of Lewisburg. The Family requested - any contributions of sympathy be made to the Clifton Presbyterian Church Building Fund.
White Funeral Home Memorial Card(Summersville, Nicholas, County W.Va.)
Lizzie Jane Sparks - Mrs. LizzieJane Sparks, 91, of Summersville, died Monday, February 15, 1971, in a Charleston hospital. Born March 11, 1879 at Gad, W.Va, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Mildred Fitzwater Hicks. Her husband, the late Lonzo M. Sparks, preceded her in death in 1956. She was a member of the Dotson-Simpson United Methodist Church and was a lifelong resident of Nicholas County. Surviving are seven sons, James Sparks of Warren, Ohio, Arnett Sparks and Lewis Sparks, both of Fayetteville, Bud Sparks of Ravenswood, Olaf Sparks and Waitman Sparks, both of Baroursville, and Clayton Sparks of Canvas; three daughters, Mrs. Thelma Bailes and Mrs. Beatrice Bailes, both of Summersville, and Mrs. Flossie Shoween of Belle; three brothers Coty Hicks of Jodie, John Hicks of Beckley, and Jim Hicks of California; three sisters Mrs. Burlie Givens of Akron, Ohio, Mrs. Maggie Gardner of Newport News, Virginia, and Mrs. Mary Dahmer of Maxewelton, W.Va.; seventeen grandchildren and twenty nine great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Feb. 18, 1971, at 2:00 p.m. in the Howard White Funeral Home chapel in Summersville with Rev. Ralph Ross officiating. Burial will follow in Dotson-Simpson Memorial Cemetery at Keslers Cross Lanes.(Note Newspaper Obituary reads the same.)
California Newspaper Obituary - James W. Hicks - James W. Hicks, 89, of San Jose, Calif., and formerly of Danville, died Sunday (March 18, 1973) at a san Jose hospital. Born Nov. 16, 1883, in Nicholas County, W.Va., he was a son of Joseph and Mildred Hicks. He had retired after 60 years working as a coal miner. He had worked for the Peabody Coal Co. Survivors include three daughters, Miss Virginia Hicks of San Jose, Mrs. Bertha Smith of Pomona, Calif.; and Mrs. Winnie Lockard of Danville; two sons, WilliamJ. of Santa Clara, Calif., and Carl of Danville; three sisters, Mrs. Burlie givens of Ohio, Mrs. Maggie Gartner of Virginia and Mrs. Mary Dahmer of West Virginia; a brother Cody of West Virginia; nine grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. he was preceded in death by a daughter. Arrangements are incomplete at Santa Clara Funeral Home in Santa Clara.
Santa Clara Funeral Home Memorial Card - In Memory Of James W. Hicks - BORN November 16, 1883 Nicholas County, West Virginia - DEPARTED THIS LIFE March 18, 1973 San Jose, California - SERVICES HELD Wednesday March 21, 1973 at 12:30 p.m. SANTA CLARA FUNERAL HOME - CLERGYMAN OFFICIATING The Reverend Clair Boreman - INTERMENT MISSION CITY MEMORIAL PARK SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA
Ohio, Newspaper Obituary - FANNIE L. CALHOUN - Services for Fannie L. Calhoun of 1458 Redwood av., who died Saturday in Akron City Hospital following a three - month illness, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Schermesser Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Calhoun a native of Gad, W.Va., was a member of the Firestone Park Methodist Church and Esther Circle, She worked at Goodyear Aircraft during World War 11. She leaves her husband Perry, son Howard L. of Akron, daughter Dr. Ila B. Johnson of Cleveland, brothers James Hicks of San Jose, Cal., John of Beckley, W.Va., and Cody of Jody, W.Va., sisters Elizabeth Sparks of Summersville, W.Va., Mary Dahmer of Lewisburg, W.Va., Margaret Garten of Newport News, Va., and Burlie Given of Akron, and three grandchildren.
Schermesser Funeral Home Memorial Card - Akron, Ohio - IN MEMORY OF Fannie L. Calhoun - DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1892 - DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1966 - SERVICES FROM THE Schermesser Funeral Home Tuesday, May 17, 1966 1:00 P. M. - CLERGYMAN OFFICIATING Rev. Hoaward H. Patrick - FINAL RESTING PLACE Rose Hill Burial Park Akron, Ohio
West Virginia Newspaper Obituary - John H. Hicks, 84 Dies In VA Hospital - John H. Hicks , 84, of Beaver, Raleigh County, died Sunday, April 23, 1972, in the VA Hospital in Beckley, Born January 6, 1888 at Gad, he was the son of the late Jos. & Mildred Fitzwater Hicks. Surviving; two brothers, Jim Hicks of San Jose, California and Cody Hicks of Jodie, three sisters, Mrs. Burlie Given of Akron, Ohio; Mrs.Margaret Garten of Newport News, Va., and Mrs. Mary Dahmer of Maxwelton. Funeral Services were held in the Peace Chapel of the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home in Beckley, Burial was in Oakes cemetery at Dunns.
ROSE & QUENSENBERRY FUNERAL HOME MEMORIAL CARD - In Memory Of John H. Hicks - Born march 6, 1888 - Died April 23, 1972 - Funeral Services 2:30 P.M., Tuesday, April 25, 1972 Rose & Quesenberry Peace Chapel - Officiating Rev. Virgil Cook - Burial Okes Cemetery Dunns, W.Va. - Arrangements by ROSE & QUESENBERRY FUNERAL HOME Beckley, W.Va.
West Virginia Newspaper Obituary - ADOLPHUS M. GARTEN - Sixty-six years old.2524 Third Avenue, died in a Huntington hospital last night. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Kincaid Mortuary by the Rev. T. R. Sisk Jr., officiating, Entombment will be in Woodmere Abbey of Remembrance. He was born in Hinton, a son of the late Walter and Arthelia Bennett Garten. He was formerly a yard brakeman of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, retiring in 1960 after 32 years of service. He was a member of the Brotherhood of railraod Trainmen and the carpenters union, and the Highlawn Baptist Church. Survivng are the widow, Mrs. Margaret Hicks Garten at home; a son Stephen Garten at home; two daughters, Mrs. Naomi G. Godbey of Beckley and Mrs. Jean Hall of Newport News, Va.; two sisters Mrs. A.W. Burdett of Oak Hill and Mrs. Verona Brothers of Norfolk Va.; a brother, Clifford Garten of Oak Hill, and two grandsons, two granddaughters and a great granddaughter. Friends may call at the mortuary after 6:30 p.m. today.